444 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



struck into a narrow bush-path leading in a south- 

 easternly direction. 



Passing through a beautifully undulating country 

 of prairies, intersected by belts of luxuriant forest, 

 we had hardly left the village a quarter of an hour 

 before I perceived a number of wild cattle grazing 

 in an open glade, within easy range of a clump of 

 thick bush. 



Taking the precaution of getting well to leeward, 

 I made the people remain quiet, and entering the 

 bush, soon got within a hundred yards of a fine 

 bull, evidently the leader of the herd. I waited 

 for a few moments, until he turned, so as to offer 

 me a fair shot, then aiming just behind the shoulder, 

 I dropped him with a single ball, when, to my sur- 

 prise, a cow that was standing near, walked up to 

 him as he lay motionless and began to lick his face, 

 and I brought her to the ground with my second 

 barrel, and had time to reload and disable a half- 

 grown calf before my presence was discovered, and 

 the herd sought safety by flight. 



The " M'niare '' bull was a magnificent specimen, 

 and in shape resembled a hybrid between a cow 



